- The list of immediately eligible transfers is approaching 70 players, including some new names with size that might interest Providence.
- ICYMI – Michigan State Transfer Marvin Clark, Jr. to Visit Providence
- Providence Journal – Bill Reynolds – Big East has managed to survive and thrive
- Cox Hub – New England Recruiting Report – 2016 Northeast Hoops Festival Preview
- Edmonton Journal – Bruce McCurdy – Cult of Hockey: Oilers ink college free agent goalie Nick Ellis to two-year pact
- Cox Hub – Jayson Hron – Future Friars: PC Hockey Prospects (Part 2)
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How the Big East Made $20 Million in 17 Days
Win or lose, Villanova has already added over $8.5 million to the Big East’s coffers by making it to the title game of the 2016 NCAA Tournament. Butler, Providence and Xavier have each brought more than $3.4 million back to the league by making it the Round of 32 and Seton Hall earned over $1.7 million just by being in the party for a day. This is the other side of winning in March that is so critical for the Big East. The 10 member schools that make up this configuration of the Big East conference have a lot in common as institutions, which is partly why they believe their marriage is made in heaven. Besides their love for basketball, the Big East member institutions don’t have the financial backing of their home state to help drive their athletic programs to championship heights.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 3/1/16
- ICYMI – Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/29/16
- ICYMI – Weekly College Basketball Polls Update: February 29th
- ICYMI – Kris Dunn a Finalist for Oscar Robertson Trophy
- Providence Journal – Kevin McNamara & Bill Koch – Pick and Pop College Hoops Podcast: Do-or-die time
- Cox Hub – Anthony Finucane – Kris Dunn is a Friar for the Ages
- FoxSports.com – Reid Forgrave – Kris Dunn’s entire life has been one big roller coaster ride
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Kris Dunn a Finalist for Oscar Robertson Trophy
Kris Dunn hasn’t been himself of late, but the national admiration continues to come his way. The U.S. Basketball Writers Association announced the finalists for the Oscar Robertson Trophy given annually to the men’s national player of the year, as voted on by members of the USBWA. (Full disclosure: I am a voter for this award) Dunn joins 10 other finalists for this award, which will be presented on April 11th at the College Basketball Awards gala and dinner in Oklahoma City.
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#pcbb Links of the Day 2/24/16
- ICYMI – Big East Tournament Seed Watch 2/23/16
- Friarbasketball.com – Kevin Farrahar – Video Look Back: PC Rallies vs. Hall
- ESPN.com – Andy Katz, Eamonn Brennan & C.L. Brown – Daily Word:Is any PG better than Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis?
- BustingBrackets.com – Conor Burns – Providence Basketball: Friars Sputtering Down the Stretch
- Cox Hub – New England Recruiting Report – Makai Ashton-Langford is a Class of 2017 Playmaker
- Friars.com – Providence College Athletics to be Honored at Words Unlimited Banquet
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Building a Program: Providence Should Emulate Conference Leaders
The Big East currently has two teams sitting atop the league’s standings, two teams toiling away in the cellar and the other six teams beating each other to death in the middle. This has been the recipe each of the first three seasons of this configuration of the Big East. Villanova remains the most consistent. Jay Wright’s program has been among those two at the top all three seasons. The other program on high this season — Xavier — also appears to be in a position to stay there. That leaves teams like Butler, Creighton, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence and Seton Hall to bloody each other’s win/loss records in hopes of snagging the other three spots that make up the top half of the league.
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Providence’s Final Six Big East Games and Their Impact on the NCAA Tournament
Providence is now two-thirds of the way through their 18 game Big East schedule and they are sitting at 6-6 and are in a tie for 6th with Butler. The Friars have certainly been up and down in league play. They started 4-2 in the first third of the schedule and followed that up with a 2-4 record in the second third — though 1 of their 2 wins in the second third came on the road at Villanova.
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